Travel photos of the week: Dec. 29
Tourists ride a bus down Broadway in New York City.Spencer Platt
Christian pilgrims pray at the Grotto in the Church of the Nativity on December 22, 2011 in Bethlehem, West Bank.
A woman looks on as she prays in the Church of the Nativity on December 22, 2011 in Bethlehem, West Bank.
A Palestinian Christian dressed as Santa Claus walks through the ancient columns in the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem.
A tiger cub dressed as Santa Claus is seen on Christmas Eve at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand's Chonburi province.
Sand schulpture artists dressed as Santa Claus create a Santa Claus sculpture on Christmas Eve on Puri Golden Beach in India,Biswaranjan Rout
A woman walks along Kailua beach as the sun rises over the Mokulua Islands, near where U.S. President Barack Obama is staying while he is on Christmas vacation, in Hawaii, December 24, 2011.HUGH GENTRY
A Pakistani horse owner tries to control his horse while he waits for customers at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan.Fareed Khan
Nikolai Vasilyev water-skis while dressed as Santa Claus along the Yenisei River outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 22, 2011.ILYA NAYMUSHIN
A member of white garment Christian sect prays by a cross at the bar beach, where they live and worship in makeshift tents, in Lagos December 25, 2011.AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE
Tian Tian licks her 'panda cake' in her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, on Christmas Day.Andrew Milligan
Monte Carlo casino is reflected in a mirror between Christmas trees in Monaco.
A horse carriage carrying tourists travels past ice sculptures during the lights testing period of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, Heilongjiang province in China on December 25, 2011. The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will be officially launched on January 5, 2012.SHENG LI
A snow slope near ice sculptures during the lights testing period of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin in China.SHENG LI
Tourists visit ice sculptures during the the lights testing period of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin in China.SHENG LI
Tourists take pictures in front of a snow sculpture ahead of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin in China.SHENG LI
Beach goers jump in the air for a photo as they celebrate on Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.Rob Griffith
Waikiki Beach surfing instructor John Kepoo wears a Santa hat as he rides the waves at sunrise on Christmas morning in Honolulu, December 25, 2011.JASON REED
A tourist stands on the Pnyx hill with the Acropolis hill in the background during a strike in Athens, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Greek guards say scores of archaeological sites and museums across the country will be shut down over weekends beginning at Christmas as they strike to protest the lack of extra weekend pay.
People carry lanterns at the Burning The Clocks Festival on December 21, 2011 in Brighton, England. The annual celebration is enjoyed by thousands of people who carry paper lanterns through the streets of Brighton culminating on Brighton Beach where the lanterns are burnt and the Winter Solstice is marked.